On December 5, Twitter released 'Year on Twitter 2017', showing the hottest issues, topics, and figures of the year. 

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Under the 'Top 10 most tweeted-about music artists in the U.S.', BTS overcame popular Western artists such as Nicki Minaj, Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, Chance the Rapper, Justin Bieber, and more, and took the #1 spot. 

Top 10 most tweeted-about music artists in the U.S. 

1. BTS (@BTS_twt)
2. Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ)
3. Harry Styles (@Harry_Styles)
4. Chance the Rapper (@chancetherapper)
5. Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial)
6. Fifth Harmony (@FifthHarmony)
7. Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)
8. Shawn Mendes (@ShawnMendes)
9. Rihanna (@rihanna)
10. Ariana Grande (@ArianaGrande)

BTS also took #1 on the 'Top 10 most tweeted celebrities around the world'. The success of their latest album 'Love Yourself: Her' with the title track "DNA", the boy group's attendance to 'Billboard Music Awards', and 'American Music Awards', and guest appearances on various American talk shows seemed to have played significant roles in their worldwide recognition. The boy group also placed #1 on most-tweeted keywords in Korea in the music category. K-pop was also well represented on this list as Seventeen took second place and MONSTA X took ninth place.

Top 10 most-tweeted celebrities around the world

1. BTS (@BTS_twt)
2. SEVENTEEN (@pledis_17)
3. Camila Cabello (@Camila_Cabello)
4. Justin Bieber (@justinbieber)
5. Maine Mendoza (@mainedcm)
6. Niall Horan (@NiallOfficial)
7. Harry Styles (@Harry_Styles)
8. Ethan Dolan (@EthanDolan)
9. Monsta X (@OfficialMonstaX)
10. Grayson Dolan (@GraysonDolan)

BTS has very well proven they're the 'Top Social Artist' of 2017, not just in Korea but all across the globe.

Congratulations!